[Michlib-l] NEWS RELEASE: WINNERS OF THE 2016 STATE HISTORY AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Thu Sep 8 13:04:25 EDT 2016

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Historical Society of Michigan

5815 Executive Dr.

Lansing, MI 48911

Contact: Nancy Feldbush
(517) 324-1828
 <mailto:hsm at hsmichigan.org> hsm at hsmichigan.org

For Immediate Release

WINNERS OF THE 2016 STATE HISTORY AWARDS ANNOUNCED

Lansing, Mich.- The Historical Society of Michigan announces its 2016 State
History Awards, which will be presented during its annual State History
Conference in Alpena, Mich., Sept. 23-25, 2016.  The Society presents the
State History Awards every year to individuals and organizations that have
made outstanding contributions to the appreciation, collection, preservation
and/or promotion of state and local history. The awards are the highest
recognition presented by the Historical Society of Michigan, the state's
official historical society and oldest cultural organization.

The 16 winners are: (Detailed descriptions of each recipient are listed at
the end of this news release.)

.         Lifetime Achievement Award-Ellis Olson from Cheboygan

.         Distinguished Volunteer Service-Ronald Hinman from White Lake

.         Books: University & Commercial Press-

o   "A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in
the Detroit River Borderland" edited by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Veta Smith
Tucker (Wayne State University Press)

o   "Masters of Empire: Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America" by
Michael A. McDonnell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

o   "Sin City North: Sex, Drugs, and Citizenship in the Detroit-Windsor
Borderland" by Holly M. Karibo (The University of North Carolina Press)

o   "Twelve Twenty-Five: The Life and Times of a Steam Locomotive" by Kevin
P. Keefe (Michigan State University Press)

.         Books: Private Printing-

o   "Darius B. Moon: The History of a Michigan Architect, 1880-1910" by
James V. MacLean (SoloVerso Press)

o   "Vintage Views Along Scenic M-22 Including Sleeping Bear Dunes" by M.
Christine Byron and Thomas R. Wilson (Vintage Views Press)

.         Books: Children & Youth-"They Have My Shoes, I Have My Freedom: A
Story About the Underground Railroad" by Cindy Yawkey

.         Communications: Websites-University of Michigan Heritage Project,
<http://www.heritage.umich.edu> www.heritage.umich.edu

.         Education: Educator-John R. Beck from Mattawan, teacher at
Heritage Christian Academy in Kalamazoo

.         Institutions-Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
Special Collections Department

.         Restoration/Preservation-Yankee Air Museum in Belleville

.         Special Programs/Events-Lindsay Hiltunen, Martin Hobmeier and Mike
Stockwell for the "Black Voices in the Copper Country" Series

.         Media-"A Minute of Your Time" by the Mount Clemens Public Library
and Macomb Cable Network

.         Best Article in Michigan History magazine-"The KKK in 1920s
Michigan" by Frank J. Boles

The State History Conference explores significant people, places and events
in Michigan's past through a diverse offering of keynote speakers, breakout
sessions, workshops and tours. Each year, the conference moves to a
different location within the Lower Peninsula to feature the local history
of that area and to address notable statewide historical matters. The
Historical Society of Michigan also hosts the Upper Peninsula History
Conference, which focuses on the history of the Upper Peninsula, and
Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference, which concentrates on
Southeast Michigan and statewide history.

The 2016 State History Conference is sponsored and hosted by the Besser
Museum for Northeast Michigan and Alpena Community College.

The Historical Society of Michigan is the state's oldest cultural
organization, founded in 1828 by territorial governor Lewis Cass and
explorer Henry Schoolcraft. A nongovernmental nonprofit, the Society focuses
on publications, conferences, education, awards and recognition programming,
and support for local history organizations to preserve and promote
Michigan's rich history.

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Ellis Olson from Cheboygan, Mich., will be awarded the 2016 Lifetime
Achievement Award. He created the Cheboygan Area Free Museum and Historical
Library in 1969 and co-founded the Cheboygan County Historical Society in
1971, serving as its first president. He has also written three books on the
history of the area.

Ronald Hinman from White Lake will receive the Distinguished Volunteer
Service Award. He has been a lifetime member of the White Lake Historical
Society for more than 25 years, during which he has published a number of
local history materials, videotaped interviews with White Lake residents,
and compiled reference information on White Lake houses and schools.

In the category of Books: University & Commercial Press, Karolyn Smardz
Frost and Veta Smith Tucker will be presented a State History Award for "A
Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in the
Detroit River Borderland," which was published by Wayne State University
Press. The editors describe the founding of African-Canadian settlements
along the Detroit River during the early 1800s and include many individual
accounts of freedom-seekers.

A State History Award in the category of Books: University & Commercial
Press will be presented to Michael A. McDonnell for "Masters of Empire:
Great Lakes Indians and the Making of America," published by Farrar, Straus
and Giroux. The book details the relationships between Michigan's native
tribes-involving commerce, kinship and rivalry-and how much of that early
history in fact had little to do with the presence of Europeans.

Holly M. Karibo will receive a State History Award in the category of Books:
University & Commercial Press for "Sin City North: Sex, Drugs, and
Citizenship in the Detroit-Windsor Borderland," published by The University
of North Carolina Press. The book illustrates political, cultural and
socioeconomic developments of the Detroit-Windsor border during the 1940s
and 1950s, which saw the region quickly become the busiest crossing point
between Canada and the United States.

A State History Award in the category of Books: University & Commercial
Press will be presented to Kevin P. Keefe for "Twelve Twenty-Five: The Life
and Times of a Steam Locomotive," published by Michigan State University
Press. Keefe follows a single World War II-era locomotive, the Pere
Marquette 1225, through its wartime service, retirement, donation to MSU and
subsequent return to steam, which exemplifies the achievement of historic
preservation.

James V. MacLean of Lansing will receive a State History Award for "Darius
B. Moon: The History of a Michigan Architect, 1880-1910," published by
SoloVerso Press, in the category of Books: Private Printing. Drawing from
family records, archival sources and local histories, MacLean has assembled
a comprehensive compilation of houses designed by Moon. The book offers
comprehensive accounts of each house and, when available, biographies of
notable citizens who lived there.

M. Christine Byron and Thomas R. Wilson of Grand Rapids will receive a State
History Award in the category of Books: Private Printing for their work
"Vintage Views Along Scenic M-22 Including Sleeping Bear Dunes," which was
published by Vintage Views Press. The book follows one of northern
Michigan's most scenic routes, providing for vacationers a unique historical
travel resource complete with vintage maps, photographs and postcards.

In the category of Books: Children & Youth, author and illustrator Cindy
Yawkey of Vandalia will be presented with a State History Award for "They
Have My Shoes, I Have My Freedom: A Story About the Underground Railroad."
The book describes how abolitionists, fugitive slaves, free blacks and
Quakers came together in Cass County to combat slavery during the 19th
century.

The 2016 Communications: Websites Award will be presented to the University
of Michigan Heritage Project, coordinated by the offices of the president
and vice president for global communications as well as the Bentley
Historical Library. The project features a collection of multimedia stories
that provide a digital experience of the university's past and serves to
identify relationships between the state of Michigan and its oldest
university. 

The State History Award for Education: Educator will be presented to John R.
Beck of Mattawan. As a high school teacher at Heritage Christian Academy in
Kalamazoo, Beck is dedicated to expanding and improving the study of
history. He created a freshman high school Michigan history class at
Heritage Christian Academy; founded a school-wide Heritage History Club
Speaker Series; mentored fellow Michigan history teachers; and utilized
local, state and national resources to prepare his students to pursue
history following their graduation. 

The State History Award for Institutions will be awarded to the Alpena
County George N. Fletcher Public Library Special Collections Department. Its
special collections department houses an incomparable collection of
photographs and documents pertaining to Michigan's lumber industry, Great
Lakes maritime history, and the cultural history of Michigan's northeastern
Lower Peninsula. The library's holdings also include oral histories that
range from stories of one-room schoolhouses and workplace conditions to
musicians and music educators.

The Yankee Air Museum will be awarded a State History Award for the category
of Restoration/Preservation. Located on the grounds of the Willow Run
airport in Belleville, Mich., the museum serves to preserve the World War
II-era history of Detroit as America's "Arsenal of Democracy," Rosie the
Riveter and wartime aviation in southeast Michigan. After raising $8 million
in two years, the Yankee Air Museum was able to purchase and preserve a
section of the Willow Run Bomber Plant, which now tells the story of "How
Detroit Saved the World." 

The "Black Voices in the Copper Country" Series will be awarded the 2016
Special Programs/Events Award. Developed by staff members of the Michigan
Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections,
Lindsay Hiltunen, Martin Hobmeier and Mike Stockwell, the program
illustrates the African-American experience in Keweenaw County through
historical source analysis, community involvement and exhibits. While much
of the research done on Michigan's Copper Country focuses on industry,
business and immigration, "Black Voices" seeks to identify cultural
diversity in the region's history.

The Mount Clemens Public Library and Macomb Cable Network will receive the
2016 Media Award for the local history video series "A Minute of Your Time."
In anticipation of Macomb County's bicentennial, the two institutions
partnered to develop a video series to educate the public about the area's
history, raise public awareness of the county's historical assets, promote
interest in historic preservation and generate the interest of youth in
local history.

"The KKK in 1920s Michigan" by Frank J. Boles of Mount Pleasant received the
2016 Best Article in Michigan History magazine. The article appeared in the
Jul/Aug 2016 issue. It describes how the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan entered
Michigan by way of Detroit in 1921, quickly spreading throughout the state,
and recruited larger numbers of members by promoting the purity of the white
race, Protestant Christianity and "100% Americanism." The article focuses
specifically on the impact of the KKK on Newaygo County during the 1920s.

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